About this episode

Lynn discusses how to help children connect with their past successes to combat anxiety and build self-esteem.

Anxiety makes us forget, and it’s particularly amnesiac to past successes. Helping kids work through fears and worries also includes showing them how to connect to their successes, feel masterful, and make worry less powerful when it arrives. In this episode, Lynn tells you how to build those all important reminder bridges to the past successes that anxiety wants them to forget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Lynn Lyons

Topics covered

• anxiety
• self-esteem
• family support
• children's mental health
• overcoming fears

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